LOSS OF A STEAMER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 973, 30 March 1911, Page 2

LOSS OF A STEAMER.

YONGALA, WITH 175 SOULS ABOARD. ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED. Brisbane, March 28. Cargo washing ashore at Cape Bowling Green (near Townsville, in Queensland), has been identified as belonging to the missing steamer Yongala, en route from Mackay to Townsville. There were 175 souls on board. The worst is now feared. The fact of the cargo coming from the lower hold is taken to indicate that the Yongala struck a hidden rock which ripped her bottom out. Sydney, March 29. Captains of vessels who passed through the storm which the Yongala met described it as of exceptional violence, even for that part of the coast. Shipping men agreed that no vessel in light trim could live in such a storm. LOCALITY OF THE DISASTER. VESSEL OUT OF HER COURSE. Brisbane, March 29. It is believed now that the lost steamer struck one of the reefs between Flinders’ Passage and the Keeper reefs. If this is correct the Yongala was twenty miles outside her course. Capt. Knight was Commodore of the Adelaide Company’s fleet. .He was married, but had no family. Most of the officers were married and had families. The chief stewardess was the widow of Captain English, who lost his life some years ago in the wreck of the steamer Glenelg. The search for possible survivors is continuing with great vigour. The general opinion is that there is little hope of any escaping such a storm in such wild and dangerous surroundings. The cargo was flour, chaff, machinery, and general merchandise. Melbourne. March 28. The general manager of the Adelaide Steamship Company states that the Yongala was one of the latest vessels of the fleet, and was valued at .£90,000 and is insured in the vicinity of .£60,000. She had about SIOO tons of cargo aboard, which it is believed is insured.

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